James Cooper (Pennsylvania)

James Cooper (8 May 1810-28 March 1863) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-PA 12) from 4 March 1839 to 3 March 1843, succeeding Daniel Sheffer and preceding Almon H. Read), and a US Senator from 4 March 1849 to 4 March 1855, succeeding Simon Cameron and preceding William Bigler.

Biography
James Cooper was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1810, and he lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the State House before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843 and in the US Senate from 1849 to 1855, serving as a Whig. During the American Civil War, he served under Franz Sigel as a Brigadier-General during the Valley Campaign, and he later became commandant of Camp Chase, Ohio due to his poor health. He died in 1863.